My Sunny Maad

Name: My Sunny Maad
Director: Michaela Pavlátová

Feature Film | 2019-2021 | Animation, Drama, Feminism | Czech Republic, France, Slovakia

Main data

Director	Michaela Pavlátová
Written by	Yaël Levy, Ivan Arsenyev, Jean-Charles Finck, Petra Procházková (literary source)
Production	Negativ Films s.r.o. [cz], Bfilm [sk], Sacrebleu Productions [fr]
Distributor	Totem Films [fr], Diaphana Films [fr]

Shooting data

Locations	Studio Alkay [cz], Studio Plutoon [sk] & Studio Gao Shan (Réunion) [fr]
Filming regions	Czech Republic, La Réunion, Slovakia

Project data

Budget	3,4 M€
Film financing	Agence Film Réunion [fr] Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (CNC - Institut français) [fr] Grand Est Region [fr] Strasbourg Eurométropole [fr] Czech Film Fund [cz] Film Paris Region [fr] - production funding cinema: 280.000 € (11/2017) Creative Europe MEDIA [eu]
Length of movie	80'

Trailers/Videos

Trailer/Video on Youtube

Posters

Brief synopsis

When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join.

Crew

Activity	Name	Comment
Production accountant	Frédéric Greene
Director	Michaela Pavlátová
Editor	Evženie Brabcová
Composer	Evgueni Galperine
Composer	Sacha Galperine
Producer	Kateřina Černá Negativ	Negativ
Producer	Petr Oukropec Negativ	Negativ
Co-producer	Peter Badač BFILM	BFILM
Co-producer	Ron Dyens Sacrebleu Production	Sacrebleu Production
Screenwriter	Yaël Levy
Screenwriter	Jean-Charles Finck
Screenwriter	Ivan Arsenyev
Literary source	Petra Procházková novel 'Frišta'	novel 'Frišta'
Sound re-recording mixer	Niels Barletta
Sound designer	Jan Čeněk
Sound editor	Mathieu Z'Graggen

Production companies

Company	Comment
Negativ Films s.r.o. [cz]
Bfilm [sk] coproduction	coproduction
Sacrebleu Productions [fr] coproduction	coproduction

Distribution / Sales companies

Company	Comment
Totem Films [fr] International Sales	International Sales
Diaphana Films [fr] France (theatrical)	France (theatrical)

Awards

Award winner	Year	Award	Category
Michaela Pavlátová	2023	César Awards [fr] Best Animation Film	Best Animation Film	Winner
Negativ Films s.r.o. [cz]	2022	Golden Globes Awards [us] Best Picture - Animated	Best Picture - Animated	Nominated
Sacrebleu Productions [fr]	2022	Golden Globes Awards [us] Best Picture - Animated	Best Picture - Animated	Nominated
Michaela Pavlátová	2022	Braunschweig International Filmfestival [de] Die Tilda (Frauenfilmpreis)	Die Tilda (Frauenfilmpreis)	Nominated
Bfilm [sk]	2022	Golden Globes Awards [us] Best Picture - Animated	Best Picture - Animated	Nominated

Festivals

Year	Country	Festival	Comment
2022	Germany	Braunschweig Int. Festival Neues Internationales Kino	Neues Internationales Kino
2021	France	Annecy International Animation Film Festival Feature Films in Competition 'L’officielle'	Feature Films in Competition 'L’officielle'
2021	Greece	Filmfestival Thessaloniki (TIFF)

Cinema releases and premieres

Type	Country	Date	Comment
Theatre release	France	Wednesday, 27/04/2022
Premiere		Monday, 14/06/2021	Annecy Film Festival [fr]

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